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PlayGrounding

By Kara Fortier

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What happens when the way you play becomes the way you live and work? Each week, you'll hear interviews with courageous people who've let play inspire their daily lives - their relationships, hobbies, spirituality and even their career paths. Adulting doesn't have to be boring, but you have to be ready to step off of the beaten path.

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CleanPGP 41 - Six Steps Toward Building Your Play Practice

In this episode, I (Kara Fortier, you know, the host) will talk about how I finally became an adult who plays. A playful mindset came so easily to us as children, but we adults build up lots of roadblocks keeping us from it. Incorporating play has...

With all of this talk about kids and play, it's about time we hear from an educator here on the PlayGrounding Podcast. Doug Smith has been a physical education teacher for nineteen years. In this episode, we discuss the state of physical education in...

This is a deeply personal episode for me, Kara, the host of PlayGrounding. This is the second part of my conversation with Sabrina Must. Last week, we explored the role of playfulness in facing and handling grief. Sabrina and I kept talking on the day..

It might seem counterintuitive to have a conversation about play and grief. We often associate play with frivolity, silliness and escape. But what we learn from this conversation with Sabrina Must is that a playful approach to life can take us deeper...

Puzzles are powerful. Have you ever had a hard time putting worries aside - blocking out your to-do list and experiencing a moment of real focus in a no-stakes, playful situation? Try a puzzle. I’m not just talking about sitting with a puzzle on...

CleanThe Trickster Consciousness in a Polarized World with Shepherd Siegel

Dada, the Beats and the Hippies - what do they all have in common? The way they played was a problem for the authorities, for the people in power trying to instill black and white order on the world. This week on Playgrounding we’ll be talking...

CleanPGP 33: Dealing with Shame on the Road Back to Fitness & Play with JJ Kovacevich

Do you remember what it was like to be a child at the playground? When you first arrive and see the equipment, the sand, the grass? I remember that feeling well – the desire to jump, crawl, run, do summer saults and cartwheels. But somewhere along...

Did you ever stop to think that you have what it takes to be an inventor? If you’re a human being, you are by your very nature an innate problem solver and creative thinker. The question is, are you tapping into that potential? Tricia Edwards wants...

CleanPGP 30: Bringing Back Free Play - Trusting Kids to Choose & Create Their Own Fun

For some of us adults, the kind of play we remember as kids doesn’t exist anymore in many communities across America. It’s a specific kind of play called “free play.” When I was a kid, I remember running out into the neighborhood after school...

Lack of play is a serious problem for us humans. Play geeks like me call it “play suppression.” In the worst cases, studies have shown that children who are kept from playing by their parents tend to have a hard time learning to relate to others...

Have you ever started a passion project only to find it suddenly feels like work? And not the fulfilling kind of work either – just plain, to-do list work. It’s not easy to rediscover the spark that led you to start your project, but one way to...

He hasn’t been on vacation in years, but if he did, he’d miss what he does every day too much. There’s still so much to create. Bruce Gray is a prolific artist whose work has been exhibited worldwide, has appeared in over 45 books and countless...

CleanPGP 26: Performing Your World – How Imaginative Play Helps Us Grownups Get Unstuck

Kids love to play make-believe. When we talk about bringing back play as adults, this one seems like a stretch. Adults don’t play make believe, do we? Grownups don’t get together and announce that today we’re going to play Star Wars and you get...

We know that a playful approach to life can lead to better innovations, cooperation and even transform lives. But what about when disaster strikes? Does play still have a role? Desiree Matel-Anderson has proof that play is vitally important even when...

The US Play Coalition believes that everyone in the world should have equal access to all forms of play. Play is a basic need that provides the foundation for all areas of development. It’s an essential part of being human that helps us reach...

The fun of a Rube Goldberg machine is watching a task, one that should be simple, being performed through a drawn-out series of seemingly meaningless detours. But we hate detours, right? Not always. This interview with Brett Doar, I hope, will...

Ilana Ben-Ari’s startup, Twenty One Toys, is part of a revolution. A toy revolution. On their website they ask: “Our revolution demands answers: Where are creativity, play, teamwork and empathy in our classrooms, our boardrooms or the public...

CleanPGP 21: Adults and Play: How To Reclaim a Healthy, Playful Attitude Toward Life

Science tells us how important play is for kids – for the development of their minds and ability to adapt. But what about adults? Once we reach the age of adulthood, and often even in the midst of adolescence, play is left behind. Ben Ross (a.k.a....

Amber Clisura is a force of nature. The good kind. And she has some very strong feelings about the vitality of play to share with us in this episode. She believes that how we play can shape our own lives as well as help to open up the possibility of...

ExplicitPGP 19: Can Play Save Us? The Healing Power of Play for Ourselves and Our World

As the post-election storms continue to rock the world, a group of play enthusiasts are coming together to ask the question, can play help us heal from this divisiveness and turmoil? One Facebook post really caught my imagination. It was entitled,...

No one has ever promised us cozy and secure lives, but many choose to live in a state of denial when it comes to the fact that sometimes our planet is trying to kill us. As of the day this podcast is going live, Hurricane Matthew is pounding Florida....

Chef David Weidman, or “Chef Dave” as he’s known to his admirers, is known for his spectacular mini-cheesecakes and desserts. But his fame among the Burning Man community is due to his generosity, passion and creativity in the dusty kitchen. On...

We don’t always know what we’re going to grow up to be. This week’s guest, AJ Freysteinson, didn’t know, but he followed a play-inspired path from the time he was a child that led him to become one of today’s leading innovators in 3D...

It’s easy to point a finger at over-protective parents, but don’t let yourself away with being over-protective of YOU. You’ll be missing all the fun. It’s so sad, right? Many kids don’t get to run free and play with sticks or climb...

Keeping your feet on the ground is the number one cause of boring, uninspired lives. In addition to taking care of ourselves and our families, we have every right to play and lead fun, fulfilling and interesting lives. It's one thing to know that and...

CleanPGP 11: Escaping Your Cage - 3 Ways to Identify What’s Standing Between You and a Life You’ll Love

Do you live in a cage? (Of course you don’t. Right?) That’s what we explore in this week’s episode of PlayGrounding. I’ll talk about ideas for how to identify whether you’re really as happy as you keep telling yourself you are, then...

CleanPGP 10: Primal Play - Making Fitness Fun for a Better Life Beyond the Gym

Play transforms lives, and this week’s guest, Martin Mapoma, believes one way to get the most out of play is by transforming our bodies. Martin is a fitness and nutrition expert who runs a youth strength and conditioning program called Primal Play. I

CleanPGP 9: "Unemployed. Finally..." Take Charge, Make Choices & Do What You REALLY Want to Do.

Today’s show exposes our limited point of view when it comes to what’s possible. The idea that we really can take charge of the order of events in our life can seem crazy. But don’t sell yourself out. The things you gave up when you decided to...

ExplicitPGP 8: Married to a Joker - How My Husband Turns Heartache into Random Acts of Joy

This episode is posted a day late. Yes, I’m busted. The reason is that it was SO HARD to interview this particular person, let alone edit it. He’s a handful. He’s my husband. He’s the reason this podcast exists and the person who came up with...

CleanPGP 7: How Play Helps Us Show Up (Even When We Don't Feel Like It)

Have you ever had a moment when you just needed to “show up” but couldn’t feel any less like being there? Many of us have, whether it be obligations to our jobs, families or friends. But oftentimes, “putting on a happy face” can be the least c

“Play is a state of mind, rather than an activity.” – Dr. Stuart BrownThis week we get ready for a new round of upcoming guests by exploring the eight “Play Personalities” from Dr. Brown’s book,Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagin

CleanPGP 5: What Does Play Have To Do With Health, Wellness and Professional Fulfillment?

Amazing things happen inside of our brains when we play. As Dr. Stuart Brown wrote, play is “a profound biological process. It has evolved over eons in many animal species to promote survival. It shapes the brain and makes animals smarter and more ada

ExplicitPGP 4: #30DayFunChallenge - Play and the Battle Against Anxiety & Depression

When battling burnout or even something as serious as anxiety or depression, constantly seeking ways to fix yourself might not be the best strategy. Taking care of yourself by having fun can help retrain your brain, improve your mental health, make...

Let the memories of how you played as a child become a guide for the decisions you make as an adult. What made you excited to get out of bed when you were a little kid? Staying true to the vision of what inspired us as children can help us get perspecti

CleanPGP 3: Find the Courage to Become an Instigator of Fun with Audrey Wood

It's one thing to know how important it is to play and another to work it into a busy schedule. Hear how L.A. Derby Doll Audrey "Mourning" Wood took on boredom. For those of us who regularly stay late at work and collapse in a heap in front of Netflix t

Customer Reviews

Reality - in Play

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Cyn237

I do not even know how I randomly found this podcast but it has been addicting since listening to the first episode. Kara has taken a vulnerable path, and given you, me the listener interesting topics and "Real" life experiances to relate to. Now yes Kara seems to have some pretty amazing connections to some pretty amazing people. But somehow she also makes you feel that you are part of the big picture too. Its a fun pocast, its real and not watered down. And best of all its foundation is play, what it is and how to incorporate it into your life. Play more...

An uplifting podcast!

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theGreenKorean

This show is awesome! It's a great reminder that we all need to stop and have some fun once in a while. Kara talks to people who are inspirational and have successfully injected fun into their daily lives. This podcast will motivate you to rediscover your silliness and enjoy a little playtime every day!